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  <div class="section" id="eleresponse-command">
<span id="elerespone"></span><h1><span class="section-number">3.5.5. </span>eleResponse Command<a class="headerlink" href="#eleresponse-command" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>This command is used to obtain state information from the element. The quantities that can be obtained from the element are the same as that whcih can be obtained using the <a class="reference internal" href="../output/ElementRecorder.html#elementrecorder"><span class="std std-ref">Element Recorder</span></a>.</p>
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<code class="sig-name descname">eleResponse $eleTag $arg1 $arg2 ....</code></dt>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><p>$eleTag</p></td>
<td><p><em>integer</em></p></td>
<td><p>integer tag identifying element</p></td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><p>$args</p></td>
<td><p><em>list</em></p></td>
<td><p>list of the arguments</p></td>
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<li><p>The values obtained are for the current state of the element.</p></li>
<li><p>The arguments are specific to the type of element being used and are the same as those that are used in <a class="reference internal" href="../output/ElementRecorder.html#elementrecorder"><span class="std std-ref">Element Recorder</span></a>.</p></li>
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<p class="admonition-title">Example:</p>
<p>Then following code can be used to obtain the current state related to the <strong>forces</strong> and the <strong>material stress</strong> in element <strong>1</strong>, a Truss element.</p>
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<div class="highlight-none notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>set eleForces [eleResponse 1 forces]
set eleMatStress [eleResponse 1 material stress]
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<div class="highlight-python notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">eleForces</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">eleResponse</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="s1">&#39;forces&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">eleMatStress</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">eleResponse</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;material&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="s1">&#39;stress&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<p>Code developed by: <strong>fmk</strong></p>
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